How To Make Your PC Internet Secure

When you venture out onto the Internet there are a range of threats that you need to be aware of. By taking some extra precautions it is possible to be safe. The folks from Uniblue Systems provide a range of products to help keep you secure. Read all about it.

Worms, Trojans, adware, spyware, key loggers and viruses are all types
of malicious code that may invade your computer, seriously harming your
system and data while also hogging system resources or reducing PC
performance and Internet bandwidth. Here are seven ways to protect
yourself against malware.

1. Update your operating system regularly

The first step in protecting your PC, and your valuable data, is to
ensure that the operating system (OS) is updated with the latest
security patches. This is critical as OS manufacturers, such as
Microsoft Windows, update the security features of their products
continuously to cover any potential and actual loopholes.

2. Buy good anti-virus software

Secondly you should have updated anti-virus software running on your
system. This software must be able to scan email and files, as they are
downloaded from the Internet, to help prevent malware reaching your
system. It is also important to make sure that this anti-virus software
is updated frequently, with fixes to the actual engine and to the
database files, ensuring they contain the latest cures against new
viruses, worms and Trojans.

3. Know your processes

Knowing what is running on your computer will increase your ability to
identify potentially harmful processes. Call up the Windows Task Manager
(press CTRL+ALT+DEL) and familiarize yourself with the processes running
at any point in time. If you are uncertain what an individual process
does, you can look it up, for free, on www.processlibrary.com. The site
also has a handy free tool which tells you exactly what's running on
your PC - ProcessScanner. Alternatively, ProcessLibrary.com includes a
free download: ProcessQuicklink. This plug-in makes detailed
information, about each process running on your PC, available with a
single click from within the Windows Task Manager.

4. Use firewalls on the Internet

You should also remember to install firewall software or use the native
Windows firewall. A good firewall prevents unauthorized use of, and
access to, your computer from external sources (eg hackers or hijackers)
while also giving you additional protection against the more common
Trojans and worms. A firewall, on its own, will not get rid of the virus
problem but, when used in conjunction with other measures, will give you
deeper system security and protection.

5. Know your registry

Residual files, unused or undeleted drivers, and corrupt or bad entries
in registry settings will quickly litter even the newest of computers
causing a loss of performance and general PC instability. If you keep
your registry clean and know what is inside, you will be in a better
position to realize immediately when performance has taken a downturn.
Therefore it is advisable to invest in a good registry cleaner: one that
allows you to scan your registry thoroughly and fix all errors.
Moreover, the cleaner must be able to backup your registry.

6. Invest in anti-spyware software

You should install an anti-spyware software package. In fact many
experts go as far as suggesting installing two or three solutions since
any single package may not be powerful enough to find all the entries
and changes to your registry, and other files, made by spyware. This may
be going a little far, however spyware is a dangerous threat and
protecting yourself is important.

7. And, for when the unimaginable happens� backup your data

Prevention is better than cure. However you may still catch a virus no
matter how tight your security is. It is alwaysable to backup all
your data regularly (at least once a week). And, if you are a frequent
PC user, you should backup your data on a daily basis.

Launched in 2003, Uniblue Systems Ltd has quickly become the market
leader in innovative and award winning computer security and performance
solutions.

Uniblue delivers a range of products targeting the full range of
computer users from people with PCs at home, to large corporations. CEO,
Bosse Malmberg, launched Uniblue in 2003 with a clear vision to bring
simplicity and clarity, and maybe a dash of fun, to the two
unnecessarily complicated, yet essential, fields of PC security and
performance.

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